By name: sendgrid description: SendGrid email platform integration for sending and receiving emails. Routes to sub-skills for outbound transactional emails (send-email) and receiving via Inbound Parse Webhook (sendgrid-inbound). Use when user mentions SendGrid, transactional email, email API, inbound email parsing, or email webhooks. Triggers on SendGrid, send email, receive email, email webhook, Inbound Parse, transactional email. requirements: env: - SENDGRID_API_KEY env_optional: - SENDGRID_FROM binaries: - curl - jq - node binaries_optional: - dig - nslookup metadata: openclaw: requires: env: - SENDGRID_API_KEY bins: - curl - jq - node notes: | Scripts operate on user-provided file paths (send-html-email.sh) and network endpoints (verify-inbound-setup.sh). Review scripts before executing. Use a SendGrid API key scoped to Mail Send only.
SendGrid
Overview
SendGrid is an email platform for developers. This skill routes to feature-specific sub-skills.
Sub-Skills
| Feature | Skill | Use When |
|---|---|---|
| Sending emails | send-email |
Transactional emails, notifications, simple sends, dynamic templates |
| Receiving emails | sendgrid-inbound |
Inbound Parse Webhook, MX record setup, parsing incoming email |
Common Setup
API Key
Store in environment variable:
export SENDGRID_API_KEY=SG.xxxxxxxxx
SDK Installation
See send-email skill for installation instructions across supported languages.
When to use SendGrid vs other services
What's your use case?
├─ Transactional emails (receipts, notifications, password resets)
│ └─ SendGrid (send-email) ✅
├─ Marketing campaigns / bulk email
│ └─ Consider SendGrid Marketing Campaigns (outside this skill)
├─ Receiving emails programmatically
│ └─ SendGrid Inbound Parse (sendgrid-inbound) ✅
└─ Simple SMTP relay
└─ SendGrid SMTP (outside this skill)